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Corporations vs People.For some decades since Presidents Theodore and then Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman did what they could to protect us from the worst of corporate powers, America has been…Continue

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"Hey, Sandy, I have been meaning to communicate with you for years. Some years ago, during one of the regular Past Presidents' meeting at an Annual Conference, it was decided it would be useful to have a PastPresidents Group on…"

"We have left these comments unanswered for too long. It is time we all got back into this subject matter of evolution of supranational corporations. Anthropologists should be studying the creation of those thousands of corporations in…"

"Nancie: We notice that you are a member of the SfAA Community Network but not yet a member of the PastPresidents Group thereon. The past presidents of SfAA would still like to have you join our PastPresidents Group on the SfAA Community…"

Description of Group “Applying Anthropology to supranational networks and systems.”Members of this group share ideas about the evolution of cultural systems above the level of states. Upon observing the network of corporations that dominated the mining systems in southern Africa in the 1960s Alvin Wolfe described what he saw as a “supranational system”resulting from the interaction of political states and business corporations.As this evolution proceeded throughout the twentieth century and…See More

"All, a former student recently forwarded me an article by the Belgian sociologist Armand Mattelart titled "An archaeology of the global era: constructing a belief," which while not entirely in line with the evolution of supra-national…"

Corporations vs People.For some decades since Presidents Theodore and then Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman did what they could to protect us from the worst of corporate powers, America has been sliding down the slippery slope, regular people losing freedom while corporations, not real people at all but formal entities created by legal leger de main, are being given more and more power..The Supreme Court decision in January 2010 flatly declared that the money they use in politics is the…See More

"Nancie: I need your participation in the PastPresidents group of the SfAA community net. I am waiting for your comments on the evolution of supranational systems. I hope all is well with you.--Alvin Wolfe"

Description of Group “Applying Anthropology to supranational networks and systems.”Members of this group share ideas about the evolution of cultural systems above the level of states. Upon observing the network of corporations that dominated the mining systems in southern Africa in the 1960s Alvin Wolfe described what he saw as a “supranational system”resulting from the interaction of political states and business corporations.As this evolution proceeded throughout the twentieth century and…See More

Description of Group “Applying Anthropology to supranational networks and systems.”Members of this group share ideas about the evolution of cultural systems above the level of states. Upon observing the network of corporations that dominated the mining systems in southern Africa in the 1960s Alvin Wolfe described what he saw as a “supranational system”resulting from the interaction of political states and business corporations.As this evolution proceeded throughout the twentieth century and…See More

" Dear Dr. Wolfe. Hello!
I thought that I was subscribed to your discussion group, "applying anthropology to supranational networks." Now that you said I am not. I am wondering what happened.
What do to register?
Thank you…"

I am sorry; I am just joining the discussions now. Due to technical problems, I was not able to post messages.

Here is my comment. I think you have strong arguments to consider here!

Especially, when you write about Corporate Rights and Religious Rites viewed as Human Beings. I think you are right. It seems like the business corporation are treated as human beings in that sense we can see them as cultural artifacts. I would like to link the discussions to Globalization and capitalism. But maybe some other time.

Like Jone Stone, I would agree that Wolfe is right! Ah!

Thanks

Annie Ngana Mundeke

Corporate Rights and Religious Rites

Having decided that business corporations are human enough to deserve free speech and the right to participate in political elections, the Supreme Court of the United State is now considering whether corporations also have religious beliefs that warrant recognition and respect for their religious behavior – as if they were real human beings.